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A Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) are more commonly known in the maritime industry as applying only to vessels, however as recently confirmed by the EMSA (European Maritime Safety Agency) the EU regulations are now also applicable to rigs and offshore platforms.

As reported on the HSE website this week, a Leeds trader has been given a suspended jail sentence after exposing a household and workers to potentially dangerous levels of asbestos fibres at a home in Bramhope.

A long-awaited report addressing asbestos in schools is leaving millions of children and staff at risk, a Labour MP says. As discussed on Education Executive online, in its delayed review, the Department for Education made five key pledges including creating clearer guidance on…

As reported on the Lancashire Evening Post online, at least 570 of the county’s 617 schools contain asbestos, the bulk of them in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble, according to data released following a Freedom of Information request.

As reported on the National Union of Teacher’s website following sustained pressure from the NUT and other education unions, the Government has finally published the findings of its review of asbestos policy in schools.

After 4 years of a successful framework partnership with Durham County Council, Lucion Environmental are thrilled to announce their recent award of provider status on the Framework for another 4 years.

As one of the biggest local authorities in the UK, retaining a contract of this size…

As reported on RCI online The United Kingdom Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) has criticised the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) over its new web app ‘Beware Asbestos’, which it says “gives completely the wrong message to tradespeople” about working with asbestos.

Lucion Environmental and Salbrook Vance have teamed up for this years Total Decom conference taking place 20th April in Glasgow. Along side sponsorship of the annual event, Salbrook Vance Consultant Reza Khodadoust will take to the stage in a session focused on…

As reported on London 24 news.com, in a bizarre scene, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood tried to deliver a Christmas present of potentially deadly asbestos to the prime minister at Number 10 Downing Street.

The 73-year-old punk pioneer was accompanied by her son and a Father Christmas…

According to conservative estimates, some 8,000 people die from cancer and around 14,000 contract the disease each year in the UK because of exposure to a work-related carcinogen, such as diesel exhaust fumes, silica dust or asbestos fibres. Worldwide, occupational cancer claims the lives of more…

In allowing an appeal permitting asbestos waste to be tipped at a landfill site on Teesside, an inspector has determined that the council had not substantiated its objection to the scheme based on a lack of need for the facility.

In place of sending our usual company Christmas cards to clients this year, Lucion has teamed up with The Samaritan’s Operation Christmas Child Appeal.
In November we invited our Surveyors, Analysts, Admin Team and Directors to donate their time to wrap and fill shoeboxes which…

As reported in the Crewe Chronicle earlier this month by Belinda Ryan, Health and Safety experts have visited a construction site over concerns that the land, which is known to contain contaminates including asbestos, has not been properly managed during removal from…

As reported by Grant Prior in the Construction Enquirer Online, twenty tradespeople die every week from asbestos related diseases as an HSE survey revealed the full extent of construction workers’ exposure to the deadly material.